Truck



G. M. TURNER.

TRUCKY APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1919.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922;

Iwve rdzm Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

UNITED STATES GILES M. TURNER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TRUCK.

Application filed April 12, 1919?. Serial No. 289,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILES M. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this spec fication. The object of the present invention is to provide a truck, the carrier or main body of which is so constructed that the same may be readily adapted to haul work material of various kinds.

A further object of this invention is to provide a truck having a readily operable guide wheel and handle, forming a ack truck, and a main body or carrier having ajack truck receiving bracket or coupllng.

A still further object is to provide a truck body having corner members capable of receiving load-retaining means of various constructions to adapt the truck for use to either haul or store materials of any desired character.

With the above and other objectsin view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the present invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of the side elevatlon, the jack truck being shown in full lines as it is being engaged with its coupling bracket, and in dotted lines as it is when engaged therewith Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a form of handle which may be employed in place of the jack truck; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a four sided receptacle adapted to be placed upon the carrier or main body.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates the main body or carrier on which the load is to be carried, said body being supported by suitable carrying wheels 66, journalled in the rear trucks 7, to which the body 5 is attached. At each corner of the end of body 5, opposite wheels 6, a supporting leg 8 is, provided, to assist the wheels 6 in supporting the carrier..

The supports or legs 8 are formed integral with the corner bracket members 9 which are secured to the forward corners of the carrier 5 and have upwardly extending'fianges 10 formed thereon to reinforce the corners of the truck. The corner brackets thus formed have extending upwardly therefrom a right angular socket member 11, adapted to receive the right angular upright 12, which are detachably secured therein by means of suitable dowel pins 13. The rear corners of the carrier 5 have secured thereto bracket members which are identical with those just described, except for the depending leg members or supports 8, and the description of the forward brackets will suffice for the rear brackets.

Centrally secured to the forward end of the carrier 5 is a coupling bracket or arm 14, which is provided near its end with an eye 14 which is preferably rounded out top and bottom for the reception of the coupling pin of the jack truck, as well be hereinafter described. The jack truck, which is designed to cooperate with the structure thus far described, comprises a main bifurcated body 15, between the legs of which is journaled a caster wheel 16. The body 15 is provided with a socket 17 which receives a handle bar 18. At its top is an upwardly and forwardly projecting pin 19 which is circular in horizontal cross section at its middle and uniformly flared outwardly at its base, so as to fit, with slight play, the lower end of the perforation 14', the arrangement being such that the finger 19 may be hooked upwardly to the perforation 14 and the wheel 16 thus made to support the forward end of the carrier as depicted by dotted lines in Fig. 2'.

In place of the jack truck just described, a handle 20, as illustrated in Fig. 3, may be employed to move the carrier from place to place, having a laterally turned end 21 for engagement in the opening of the eye 14', a lug 22 on the free end of the laterally has pnlyfa light lead theredn.

When it is desired to carry small material on the carrier, a four-wzvlledbex-like reeeptable 23 is provided, as depicted in F 'i'g.

4', Whichhas its corners reihforeed by fiie'ahfs 6f v3119;111:111 braces 24, the upper ends of which projeet slightly above the top of the W hen this reeeptz'ieleis empl yed, the angu; 1dr liprigh'ts IQIhia'y 'or ma not be removed frbm their, sockets, and, the reeeptabie is placed 'bhthefc'arrier and cbnfined between the inner i'ght angular faces 25 of the sockets 11', as will be readily l'lnde rs'te od.

When it is desired to increase the depth of'the receptacles 23, One er more like re- .eepta'cles may pl eee' d thereon, with the lower edge resting on the top edge 6f the lowermost receptacle and being cehfihed between the u wardly projectihgjends '24 of the "right angular braces 24. If place 'ef the form bf ieee'ptael'e depicted in F 1g. 4, a serie of tray-Shafied rh efh hers 6r 't'ote begce's may placed (ah the carrier 5;, S'ufJ'erimposed one over the other, S I IC h trays being retained inEdsiti bh by means Offehct eerners engagin t 'e right angular su ports 12,

or ih ah y special frame carried by the brackets I What I claim its my inventiofi is:

1. In 21 device 'of the class described, C'or'il': pris'ihg' m ner having a body pdrti'on 'e'f recteilgfilxr mm, s o cket m mbers, inb'uhted an the *si :rge lperfiohs of "said body and formed i th vertically xtending ang lar portions zmd *bpenings, the fs'dcket members at the 'fr'cifit portion ef the body extending downwardly to form legs, iaj'nd u tight parts soeketto increase the holding cepiieity o'f said body. I .t

2.. Ifl a device of the Class described, mm, pr'is ing 'aparrier having a bedy portion of rectehgular form, "sqcket members manne '0I1 the lsideedge portions of said and formed wit vertically extefidihg angular ortio s end epehihgs, the socket members at the front portion of the may ektend 'ihg d0\'vnWardly to form legs, end a box like receptacle for thedpunposes hereih described, ,tnguhmn erossflsec't'i'on, 'extehdihg jintg said member having angular upright ear er porti'dns which project above the said member, the lower portion of said bdx like me ber adapted to fit into the 'x ertiea'lly extending 'eor ei' po'rtiqns 'o'f thebedy po'rtieh to increase the holding 'eajpecity of, Said body.

In testimony whereof, afii'x my signature. v. ,t I ,GILES MLTURNER. 

